Anti - Posco group abducts four senior officials
The senior executives held in the captivity of the anti-project group were identified as K S Choi, General Manager (Construction), S H Nam, T J Aan (both engineers) and D Ojha, an Oriya official.
By PTI |
BHUBANESWAR: Four senior officials of Posco-India, including three South Korean nationals, were on Saturday taken hostage by an anti-project group at the company's proposed captive port site near Paradip in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district, official sources said.
The senior executives held in the captivity of the anti-project group were identified as K S Choi, General Manager (Construction), S H Nam, T J Aan (both engineers) and D Ojha, an Oriya official, company sources said.
"The foreign nationals were in captivity since more than three hours," Jagatsinghpur Collector P K Meherda told reporters over telephone.
He said efforts were on to ensure safe release of those detained, including the South Korean nationals.
Meanwhile, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) which has been opposing the South Korean company's steel project claimed that its activists rounded up the officials when they were undertaking survey near the proposed port site.
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"The three Koreans and one Oriya officer are in our captivity. They are safe," PPSS president Abhay Sahu told reporters adding that the officials were held hostage as they deliberately entered the "restricted" area.Start a SIP with as low as ₹500 with ET Money App!
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